Who's going to win the "Tire War" in Formula D 2011

[Bebop]

With all the new tire regulations it looks like the companies will have more weight on their shoulders to produce a competitive tire for their teams. A couple companies have left and some existing companies have stepped up with new talent, who will reign supreme overall in 2011?

Falken?


Hankook?


Nitto?


Cooper?


BFGoodrich?


Federal?


Nexen?


Kenda?

[MonkeySlide]

Whos running Cooper Tires in FD this year?

Why did you change your user name to Bebop?

Why has Hankook Tire been relatively quiet in the last few weeks?

What if God was one of us? Just a stranger on a bus?

[Bebop]

Whos running Cooper Tires in FD this year?

Why did you change your user name to Bebop?

Why has Hankook Tire been relatively quiet in the last few weeks?

What if God was one of us? Just a stranger on a bus?

-Same guys as last year? Tony B? Jeff Jeezy? Stephan V if hes coming back Hell if I know

-Check your PM in a few minutes

-Maybe because they had made all there major announcements earlier in the year and end of 10'

-lol

[Kieran]

falken us have done a much much better job ( from an outsiders viewpoint ) than the others.

the vast range of machinery they sponsor and gain data from must also help them produce a more effective product overall.

[Bebop]

For the record hankook has

Forsberg
Gushi
Rhys
Conrad
Luke (new corvette)


They really need to support Briggs/Nishida, I saw him as the poster boy from 08-10.

[Slapshotnerd]

For the record hankook has

Forsberg
Gushi
Rhys
Conrad
Luke (new corvette)

They also have that Aasbo kid, who's driving for that Steph Papadakis guy. I hear they might be pretty competitive this year

Nitto has:
Maeng
Essa
Powers
Tuerck (Assuming cuz of UAE?)
O'sullivan (? assuming cuz Tuerck was on Nitto in UAE, but nothing official)

Unfortunately, they are losing Alex P who I think could have been competitive in another platform. Overall, I think you might see a Nitto driver on a podium or two this year. I think people may be so focused on Hankook vs Falken with the superstar rosters that they may forget a bit about Nitto.

[Bebop]

They also have that Aasbo kid, who's driving for that Steph Papadakis guy. I hear they might be pretty competitive this year

Totally forgot about Aasbo

I like nitto, they are knocking on the door....will anyone let them in? lol